Drinking Water Notices
Drinking Water Notice - 09 January
Water scheme works that were due to take place in December for Suburban and Kincaid water schemes were postponed due to bad weather. These works will now take place on Thursday 17 January-Saturday 19 January
Suburban Water Scheme 17/01 - 19/01: Boil Water
Maintenance is required to this water scheme, which will mean your drinking water will be cloudy for a few days.
Works will be completed no later than Saturday 19 January.
Suburban water scheme remains on a boil water notice and we advise residents on this scheme to continue boiling all drinking/cooking water for at least 1 minute before you use it.
Kindcaid Water Scheme 17/01 - 19/01
Maintenance is required to this water scheme, which means the valve will be shut off on Thursday 17 January.
During this time the Kincaid system will be running on tank water. The valve will be opened no later than Saturday 19 January.
Please conserve water during this time.
Current Boil Water Notices: Suburban and East Coast
If you are on any of these water supplies please boil all drinking/cooking water for at least 1 minute before you use it. This includes water for:
- Drinking
- Cooking
- Making Ice
- Brushing Teeth
- Washing Dishes
If you have friends or relatives living in these areas please help pass the word by checking to make sure they know they need to boil their water.
We know living with Boil Water Notices can be frustrating. We’re doing everything we can to improve water quality and remove the notices as soon as possible whilst keeping people healthy. more information about each current boil water notice can be found below.
We’ll update people on where how long works are expected to take as soon as we can.
Suburban:
A boil water notice has been in place since the November 2016 earthquake and will remain in place for the foreseeable future until decisions about the future of the scheme are made.
Post-earthquake investigations have identified intake damage and source changes on top of what was already limited protection. Suitable protection would be provided by intake improvements, storage and treatment.
Once improvement works are undertaken and consecutive complying test results are received lifting the BWN can be considered subject to agreement by Canterbury DHB.
East Coast:
The East Coast scheme is a very large rural supply used predominately for stock. A boil water notice has been in place since before the November 2016 earthquake and will remain in place for the foreseeable future until decisions about the future of the scheme are made.
Post-earthquake investigations highlighted the limited protection measures. Due to it's size, it would not be practical or efficient to treat the entire scheme. Discussions with the scheme committee and Canterbury DHB are underway to look at future options including the potential to classify the scheme as a Rural Agricultural Supply.
Once decisions are made, required improvement works undertaken and consecutive complying test results are received, lifting the BWN can be considered subject to agreement by Canterbury DHB.
More information
27 November 2018
